Planes, Trains, Boats, and Automobiles!

  Saguenay, Quebec September 24, 2024 Saguenay is a city in Québec, Canada. It’s known for Saguenay Fjord, which leads to the St. Lawrence River. The Musée du Fjord has history displays and an aquarium. La Pulperie de Chicoutimi museum charts regional history in an 1800s wood-pulp mill. Exhibits on the area’s huge 1996 floods are on show at the Musée de la Petite Maison Blanche.  Map Showing Saguenay's Location We initially had an excursion planned that would have taken us to the Fjord Museum, but the museum trip was canceled, and Oceania substituted school buses for the tour buses that had been advertised. The price remained the same; we decided to cancel.  As it turns out, a Viking ship was also in port. Being the larger company, they were given our docking space (which turned into a tender port for our ship), and I suspect they commandeered our tour bus and the tickets to the museum. From Our Port Hole - the Arrival of Viking Star That said, we decided to get off the s...

  Nova Scotia Sojourn September 18 - 22, 2024 Wednesday We arrived in St. John at about 1:00 p.m. after a lazy morning at sea.  We didn't have anything planned for this afternoon, so although I was content to stay on the ship, Jeff set off to stretch his legs on an excursion of his own making. Here we are at the Bay of Fundy! The "Hollywood" sign for Saint John - from the Terrace Cafe onboard Disembarkation in St. John (low tide) Embarkation (high tide) The harbour at low tide We love seeing the pilot boats that guide our ship safely in and out of our harbours. We are in a "dolphin room" (they call them "swan rooms" on river ships) - basically, the lowest deck on the ship - so low that if there were dolphins outside our ship, we'd see them jump out of the water!  As a result, we frequently get to see the pilot ships and tug boats right outside our cabin's "porthole."  We actually like this deck and book it frequently - not only does i...